No One Would Riot for Less

This song is just beautiful to listen too....Just wondering, does anyone else feel utterly sad listening to this? When i hear this song...I cry....not full blown bawling, but kinda a lump in my throat, and then as the song progresses my eyes become wetter and wetter, and i have a kinda pit in my stomach...It's weird...This is the only song that does this to me the way I'm describing :))

As for the songs meaning...IMO - i think it's describing the destruction of mankind and the end of the world and how when it all falls apart....The only thing left that's worth hanging on to is Love....and you can lose everything or it can be taken from you by War/disaster/death, but Love never will be....It will be there right till the end and maybe beyond...Very spiritual and poetic :))

"Death may come, invisible Or in a holy wall of fire In the breath between the markers On some black I-80 mile

From the madness of the governments To the vengeance of the sea Everything is eclipsed By the shape of destiny"

Basically talking about how Death can come outta nowhere for us....whether it's a fire...a car accident or simply just our time's up....How religion causes wars, and governments strike at each other, and we're expected to follow along....Basically, anything that could destroy us as a species is implied in the above lyrics....We have fire...car accidents...Wars...Natural disasters(flooding/Tsunamis) and how in a spiritual way....It's our final destination....We kill each other, or something kills us....Our inevitable destiny.

"So love me now Hell is coming Just kiss my mouth Hell is here"

Basically what is says...He wants to be loved...His only comfort/need when it all ends.

"Little soldier, little insect You know war, it has no heart It will kill you in the sunshine Or just as happily in the dark

Well, kindness is a card game Or a bent-up cigarette In the trenches, in the hard rain With the bullet and a bet"

Talking about the cruelty/violence of War and how it doesn't show you any mercy...Rain or shine...sunlight or darkness...It will get you in the end, regardless of who you are....also, talking about how Life is a game of chance....We don't know what's waiting for us, so he's comparing life to a card game or Russian Roulette ( "Bullet and a bet" )...I think by " bent up cigarette" he means broken..not perfect like life and humanity.....and " in the trenches, in the hard rain" is symbolic...it shows a bleak picture of life.

"He says help me out Hell is coming Could you do it now? Hell is here"

again...just like before...when it all ends all he needs is the support of his loved one...to feel not alone...they're in hell together...makes hell less hellish.

"Do you see the sterile soil Poisoned sky, yellow water The final scraps of life Bringing new tears"

how the dying world looks and the sadness/pain/guilt looking upon it and knowing we could of prevented it.

"Wake, baby, wake Leave that blanket around you There's no where we're safe

I'm leaving this place But there's nothing I'm planning to take

Just you"

Sounds like surviving 'post apocalyptic' style and they have each other in the end.